ImageGlass is a fast, modern, open-source image viewer for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It pairs high-performance rendering with a smooth, immersive viewing experience and powerful tools for everyday users and designers alike, with seamless navigation across 90+ image formats, including WEBP, JXL, SVG, HEIC, AVIF, HDR, and raw images.
Built enterprise-ready, ImageGlass Pro supports managed deployment through preset config files that work across every platform and package. IT teams can roll out a preconfigured app config, enforce admin-locked settings, and lock individual features on every managed device.
🌐 Website • 📥 Pricing • 🧩 Plugins • 📐 Tools • 📚 Docs • 💬 Support
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👉 Compare all plans and features at imageglass.org/pricing.
Caution
Malicious campaigns are using AI tools to impersonate trusted software through fake GitHub profiles, forks, and Gists that spread malware. Download ImageGlass only from its official sources:
- Website: imageglass.org
- GitHub: github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass and the github.com/ImageGlass
Any other repo, fork, or Gist offering ImageGlass builds is not mine. Always check the URL before downloading.
Primarily a photo viewer, ImageGlass offers a wide array of features geared toward image viewing, along with some focused editing capabilities. Here are some of the key features:
- Supports 90+ image formats out of the box
- Hardware-aware smart caching
- Super-fast image browsing with Turbo mode
- Slideshow with random interval and sound notification
- Native SVG and SVGZ vector rendering
- Animated GIF, WEBP, and SVG playback
- Color management and basic HDR support
- Different cursor-precise zoom modes with flexible image interpolations
- Different window modes: Frameless, Window Fit, Full screen
- Built-in Tools: Rotate, Flip, Crop, Resize, Color Picker, Frame Navigation, Lossless compression...
- EXIF metadata viewing through the ExifGlass tool
- Touch gestures for zoom and pan
- Themes, layouts, and custom hotkeys
- Custom action binding for toolbar, mouse...
- Plugins and external tools support via ImageGlass.SDK
- Managed deployment with preset app config, admin-locked settings, and feature lock, for all platforms and packages (Available for Pro only)
- Windows: Explorer sort order support
- Windows: Custom file type icon pack (Not available for Store release)
👉 Visit https://imageglass.org/docs/features to explore all features of ImageGlass.
Extend ImageGlass with codec plugins that open more image formats, and with tools that work alongside it.
| Plugin | Author | Description | Platforms |
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| AVIF Codec | aplefull | Opens still and animated .avif files, using libavif, dav1d and libyuv |
Windows, macOS, Linux |
| WIC Codec | d2phap | Brings the Windows Imaging Component in as a native codec, including JPEG XR (.jxr, .hdp, .wdp) |
Windows |
| APNG Codec | d2phap | Plays animated .apng files |
Windows, macOS, Linux |
| ITHMB Codec | B67687 | Decodes .ithmb thumbnail files using Ithmb-Codec |
Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Tool | Author | Description | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|
| ExifGlass | d2phap | Reads the camera settings, lens, location, and color profile in any photo | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| FewerPhotos | d2phap | Cleans up the photo folders you already have: duplicates, blurry shots, and sorting by date | Windows, macOS |
👉 Browse the plugins and tools, or build your own with ImageGlass.SDK.
Version 10
- Windows 10/11 x64 or arm64, version 1809 (build 17763) or later
- macOS 14+, Apple Silicon arm64
- Linux Desktop X11 x64: Ubuntu 20.04+, Linux Mint 20+, Debian 11+, Fedora 30+, RHEL/Alma/Rocky 9+,...
Version 9
- Windows 10/11 x64 or arm64, version 1809 (build 17763) or later
- Optional: WebView2 Runtime 64-bit v119.0.2151 or later
The develop branch contains the latest commits, while the prod branch holds the final stable release.
Version 10: Located in source folder
- Visual Studio 2026 for Windows build
- VS Code for macOS, Linux build
- Run a task from VS Code to build, publish, or pack the app
- Note: for debug builds, copy the contents of
source/__assets/__app/into the build output folder, beside the ImageGlass executable, before launching it.
- Note: for debug builds, copy the contents of
Version 9: Located in v9 folder
- Visual Studio 2026 on Windows 11
- VS Code for
WebUI
If you find ImageGlass useful and would like to support its ongoing development, please consider making a donation or purchase Pro edition. Your support — whether financial or simply sharing ImageGlass with others — means the world to me. Every bit helps keep the project alive for everyone.